Former New York Times journalist (soon to be with @ProPublica) and University of Missouri grad Madi Alexander posted a screenshot of an email reportedly from the university’s police force asking witnesses to “call the police immediately” so that they can investigate incidents of “hateful and/or hurtful speech” on campus.
https://twitter.com/MadiLAlexander/status/664110386140987392
Interesting … and chilling:
is this in America? https://t.co/tB8y2LpNT2
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) November 10, 2015
If your feelings are hurt, call the police: https://t.co/SGodrVjIG6
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) November 10, 2015
See something, say something Comrade! https://t.co/YnfAxaN4lM
— JoS. S. Laughon (@paleomexicano) November 10, 2015
i, for one, welcome our new politically correct social justice overlords… https://t.co/DLjkKf5UQI
— Guid (@4c5035) November 10, 2015
Exactly what does #Mizzou think it can do to students engaged in "hurtful speech?" #censorship https://t.co/C5zgpcttRx
— Adam Goldstein (@AdGo) November 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/ArevFTW/status/664124030840995840
https://twitter.com/jfward55/status/664123849022271489
Because cops confronting citizens over "hurtful speech" can't possibly end badly. https://t.co/TpOGryJoq1
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) November 10, 2015
How long until critics of Israel are disciplined as collateral damage thanks to stuff like this https://t.co/AjHWZDkhaw
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) November 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/664122901096828928
WTF is wrong with these people? https://t.co/yjksDRyt99
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 10, 2015
#Mizzou emails encourages students to "call the police immediately" if they experience hateful/hurtful speech https://t.co/tA948zSvA4
— Andrew Johnson (@AndrewE_Johnson) November 10, 2015
Ok, I'll bite…. hateful speech IS NOT a crime, as noted. The reason one would report it to the police? https://t.co/HfaDRMHPXE
— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) November 10, 2015
Remind me, is Missouri still part of the United States? https://t.co/ubTFInRlrr
— John Fenton (@jhfenton) November 10, 2015
So many questions for the university to answer, but here are three to get started:
https://twitter.com/MadiLAlexander/status/664115703075631105
And just to play devil’s advocate, there might be something else going on here, even though the email is still scary as heck. That line about posting to social media before calling the police is interesting. Could it be that the campus police are worried about hoax reports? We’re starting to see some questioning if the incidents that sparked the protests even happened in the first place, including the most salacious one involving a swastika drawn with “poop”:
I'd like to to recap #Mizzou to see if I understand. I would sincerely like someone to fill in the gaps that I'm missing. (1/3)
— Will Cain (@willcain) November 10, 2015
#Mizzou Prez Wolf was forced to resign for "enabling systemic racism" on campus. Proof of this claim involved a lack of action on…(2/3)
— Will Cain (@willcain) November 10, 2015
2 unverifiable instances of racial slurs and a poopswastika drawn by an unknown offender. This was the injustice as far as I can tell. (3/3)
— Will Cain (@willcain) November 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/SonnyBunch/status/664075143472222209
Editor’s note: The title of this post has been edited to correct a typo.
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